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One type of music that has not had a themed recital is the "Einaudi" group. I'm surprised, since his fans are quite passionate about his music. But somebody (not me) would have to step forward and volunteer to organize it.

Could do a New Age or Contemporary theme which I think would include Einaudi, George Winston, Yiruma just as a few examples. At the same time it could include contemporary classical composers.

Hi, PikaPianist (and sinophilia)! I also could provide numerous submissions, both for lesser-known composers and female composers -- mainly from the 20th century, and mostly American. What I am NOT, however, is computer-savvy, otherwise I would volunteer to moderate a Rare Gems e-cital of that sort. In the Piano Corner Forum, in addition to the Unsung Heroes recitals of 5-7 years back, there were several other Themed e-Citals that did not use the Quarterly recital software package, but were moderated independently by a few enterprising souls. In those cases, I and the other participants sent the recordings directly to them via PM, and they assembled the programs themselves. In the case of the Unsung Heroes moderators, their e-Cital software was hacked, ruining much of the program, and they never returned to it. I'm only mentioning this because there are alternative approaches apart from the Quarterly ABF software.

Hi, PikaPianist (and sinophilia)! I also could provide numerous submissions, both for lesser-known composers and female composers -- mainly from the 20th century, and mostly American. What I am NOT, however, is computer-savvy, otherwise I would volunteer to moderate a Rare Gems e-cital of that sort. In the Piano Corner Forum, in addition to the Unsung Heroes recitals of 5-7 years back, there were several other Themed e-Citals that did not use the Quarterly recital software package, but were moderated independently by a few enterprising souls. In those cases, I and the other participants sent the recordings directly to them via PM, and they assembled the programs themselves. In the case of the Unsung Heroes moderators, their e-Cital software was hacked, ruining much of the program, and they never returned to it. I'm only mentioning this because there are alternative approaches apart from the Quarterly ABF software.

The software is very convenient though and the work is really not that bad, it's quite fun. And it's not difficult either.

If you really want such a recital, I am sure someone will volunteer to admin it...

These are the dates I know of - please correct or add to this list if I am wrong. Please report dates using the month name to avoid any confusion with international dates!

Quarterly Recitals are always February, May, August, and November, opening for submissions on the first of the month.

Debussy recital is June 2018 (just a few days away).

Slavic Themed Recital is October 2018.

I would be interested in organizing another Great American Songbook recital. I liked the last one, because it was "easy" for people to prepare something. Basically I just set a cutoff date, I think it was in the 1960s(?), and any popular music before that was allowed, but I was not really interested in enforcing any rules. The last one was in September 2015. I was thinking maybe December 2018, and encourage holiday music? Any thoughts on this?

These are the dates I know of - please correct or add to this list if I am wrong. Please report dates using the month name to avoid any confusion with international dates!

Quarterly Recitals are always February, May, August, and November, opening for submissions on the first of the month.

Debussy recital is June 2018 (just a few days away).

Slavic Themed Recital is October 2018.

I would be interested in organizing another Great American Songbook recital. I liked the last one, because it was "easy" for people to prepare something. Basically I just set a cutoff date, I think it was in the 1960s(?), and any popular music before that was allowed, but I was not really interested in enforcing any rules. The last one was in September 2015. I was thinking maybe December 2018, and encourage holiday music? Any thoughts on this?

Sam

I thought I had seen something proposed for 2019, but can't remember what it was.

I would love to see another GAS - and including holiday music expands the options even more. Great idea!